Snickerdoodles are a popular and tasty cookie recipe. You will definitely get many compliments on this award-winning recipe.

Ingredients

1/2 cup or 115g butter (softened)

1/2 cup or 115g shortening

1 1/2 cups or 300g sugar

2 eggs

2 3/4 cups or 300g flour

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbs sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

Steps

1

Cream butter, shortening, sugar, and eggs in a blender thoroughly.

2

In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients except the last 2.

3

Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture.

4

Refrigerate the dough for at least 15 minutes (this makes it easier to handle.) While the dough chills, stir the last 2 ingredients together in a bowl.

5

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees (190 C). Form the dough into balls about the size of a small walnut. Roll the dough balls in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Place about 2 inches (5.1 cm) apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 8-9 minutes, rotating the cookie sheet in the oven at the halfway point.

6

Remove cookie sheet from oven and let cookies sit on it for another minute or so before removing to cooling rack; cookies will flatten out as they cool. Yield: About 5 Dozen Small Cookies

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Tips

If you are doing a double batch, consider using a second larger bowl full of ice to keep the dough cool while you are rolling it out. As the dough warms, it becomes increasingly difficult to roll into a ball without having a blowout.

To test if the cookies are actually done when timer goes off put a toothpick through the center of the largest cookie and if it comes out clean they are done!

Warnings

The oven will be hot. Be careful not to burn yourself! So use oven-mitts.